Pat Cummins is targeted on doing justice to his appointment as Australia’s new Test captain and believes the limited-overs management will likely be “too much” for him, the 28-year-old mentioned on Saturday.
Cummins is the primary Australia pacer to guide the group in 65 years after Tim Paine stood down after the “sexting” scandal earlier this month.
Limited-overs captain Aaron Finch led Australia to their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title earlier this month, and Cummins discovered the split-captaincy to be his favorite.
“It’s probably too early to say, mainly because I take on this role and see where we go,” Cummins was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press.
“My curiosity and precedence at this level is to have completely different captains.
“I believe it is undoubtedly an excessive amount of to ask of me. I would favor to only deal with Test cricket.
“Aaron is doing a fantastic job,” Cummins mentioned, including that it was greatest to “be someone who can make the white-ball team his own, take it in his direction”.
For the foreseeable future “at the moment I am completely focused on tests, it will remain the same”. The 35-year-old Finch is eager to guide the group a minimum of till the 50-over World Cup in India in 2023, after which Australia might should search for a successor.
Cummins, who has insisted he doesn’t wish to miss out on Test cricket, mentioned a flood of messages has been pouring in from him since taking up the function of Test captain, however that sentiment has but to subside.
“Maybe not completely,” he mentioned after a apply session on the Gold Coast. I believe by the point I stroll out on the Gabba and see a giant residence crowd, pull on the saggy inexperienced (hat) and exit for a toss – that is when it will most likely hit me. It’s a bit unusual feeling.”
The Gabba Stadium in Brisbane will host the primary Ashes Test towards England from 8 December. Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth are the opposite venues of the five-match sequence.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
